Bag-holder



No. 608,638. Patented Aug. 9, I898. N. F. BECKER.

BAG HOLDER.

(Applicatian filed Mar. 1, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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NIClIOLAS F. BECKER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES DICKINSON,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,638, dated August9, 1898.

Application filed. March 1,1897. Serial No. 625,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS F. BECKER, a citizen of the United-States,residing in Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bag-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to sack or bag holders.

The object of my invention is to provide adevioe of a simple, efficient,and durable c011- struction for holding sacks or bags open or closedwhile they are being filled or sewed.

To this end my invention consists, in connection with a number ofopening and closing holder-bars hinged together at their meeting ends,of hook-carrying rotatable rods or shafts mounted in said bars andconnected together in pairs by a gimbal joint or coupling at the hingeof the bars, so that both the hook-bearin g rods orshafts thus coupledmay be simultaneously rotated the one from the other withoutinterferingwith the free opening and closing movements of the holderbars. x

It also consists in the particular construction of the rotatable sackholding hooks, whereby their free ends or points are made to shut withinsuitable holes or openings in the holder-bars, so as to firmly hold thebag without danger of its slipping 01f the hook or becoming disengagedtherefrom, and whereby also the hooks are positively Withdrawn from thebag when it is desired to release the bag from the holder.

It also consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and inthe novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown and described,and specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a plan View of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. atis a longitudinal section on line 4. 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detailview showing the joint uniting the hook-carrying rods.

In the drawings the same letters of reference designate the same partsin the several figures.

In the drawings, A A represent the holderbars, the same being preferablyfour in num- B B are connected together at their meeting ends at thepivots or hinges a a by a gimbal joint or coupling b so that the rods BB may be rotated together one by the other at whatever angle the rods BB may be in to each other and without interfering with the openin g andclosing movements of the holder-bars A A, upon which the rods or shaftsB B are mounted or journaled. To keep the hook rods or shafts B B inplace in the longitudinal grooves or recesses a in the bars A, I providesaid bars with staples, loops, or bearings a embracing said rods orshafts. The bars A A are also furnished with transverse recesses a toaccommodate the curved hooks Z) on the rods or shafts B and permit saidhooks to have the necessary rotary or swinging movements. One of thehook-carrying shafts or rods of each pair 13 B and B B is furnished withan arm 19 or other suitable means for rotating the rods or shafts toopen or close the hooks. As illustrated in the drawings, each pair ofrods is designed to be rotated by hand; but it will be understood bythose skilled in the art that suitable mechanism may be added, ifdesired, for turning these rods or shafts automatically.

In operation, the holder being open, as illus trated in. Fig. 1, themouth of the sack or bag is hung upon the hooks b b. The hook-shafts arethen rotated, closing the free ends or points of the hooks into theholes 0 as illus trated in Fig. 3, thus preventing the sack frombecoming disengagedfrom the hooks during the filling and packing orshaking operations. The holder may then be closed and the mouth of thesack sewed by hand or by suitable mechanism. As illustrated in thedrawings, the holder is designed to be opened and closed by hand; but itmaybe opened and closed automatically, if desired, by suitable mechanismfor this purpose. After the sack has been sewed the hook-carrying shaftsare rotated in the opposite direction into the position illustrated,thus withdrawing the hooks from the sack. By this reverse rotation ofthe hook-bearing shafts the points of the hooks are positively withdrawnfrom the sack as said points retreat within or back of the inner surfaceof the holder.

The pivots a a of the bars A A at the gimbal-joint b of the rods orshafts B B, it will be observed, are made in two sections, an upper andlower one, so as to leave an open space in the middle, and thus preventthe pivot to a from interfering with the rotary movement of thegimbal-joint b and of the rods 13 B.

I claim 1. In a sack-holder, the combination with a number of openingand closing holder-bars hinged together at their meeting ends, ofrotatable hook-carrying rods or shafts connected together by a gimbaljoint or coupling at one of the hinges of said bars to cause said rodsor shafts to rotate one with and by the other and enable said bars toturn on said hinge, substantially as specified.

2. In a sack-holder, the combination with a number of opening andclosing holder-bars hinged together at their meeting ends, of rotatablehook -carrying rods or shafts connected together by a gimbal joint orcoupling at one of the hinges of said bars to cause said rods or shaftsto rotate one with and by the other and enable said bars to turn on saidhinge, one of said bars or shafts being provided with means for rotatingit, substantially as specified.

3. I11 a sack-holder, the combination with a number of opening andclosing holder-bars hinged together at their meeting ends, of rotatablehook-carrying rods or shafts connected together by a gimbal joint orcoupling at one of the hinges of said bars to cause said rods to rotateone with and by the other and enable said bars to turn on said hinge,the hooks on said rods or shafts being curved, and said bars havingholes or recesses to receive the free ends or points of said hooks whenclosed to prevent disengagement of the sack therefrom, substantially asspecified.

4. In a sack-holder having opening and closing hinged bars, thecombination with one of said bars, of a rotatable shaft or rod mountedthereon and provided with a curved hook, the free end or point of whichis adapted to close in or against the bar to prevent disengagement ofthe sack therefrom, said bar having transverse recesses to accommodatethe hooks, and a longitudinal recess to receive said rod or shaft,substantially as specified.

5. In a sack-holder, the combination with hinged bars A, of rotatableshafts or rods B 13 connected together at their meeting ends by agimbal-joint, the hinge-pivot of said bars at said gimbal-joint beingdivided into an upper and lower section so that the pivot of the barswill not interfere with the rotation of said gimbal-joint, substantiallyas specified.

6. In a sack-holder, the combination with hinged bars A, A, A, A, ofrotary rods or shafts B B, 13,13 connected togetherin pairs by gimbalsat their meeting ends, and provided with sack-holding hooks,substantially as specified.

NICHOLAS F. BECKER.

WVitnesses:

H. M. l\/.[UNDAY, L. E. CURTIs.

